Articles tagged with: Kuwait
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Tuesday, 14 May, 2013
The contending Lebanese factions have taken their fight from the streets of Beirut and Tripoli to those of Damascus and Homs. Yet, battling it out elsewhere does not mean that Lebanon is sailing toward stability or prosperity. Lebanon's leaders continue to enjoy their fiery statements, often attacking each other and taking opposing sides on all issues, both domestic and regional. This infighting does little to alleviate Lebanon’s many political impasses, such as forming a new cabinet after the...
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Thursday, 3 Jan, 2013
Gulf leaders and their representatives gathered in Bahrain for the thirty-third Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit on 24–25 December 2012. The meeting was relatively low key in comparison with the previous year’s meeting in Riyadh, which saw Saudi King Abdullah launch his plan for a closer Gulf union. After the failure of the mid-year Consultative Summit to reach consensus on the issue, expectations for the Bahrain meeting were understandably lower. Indeed, what was not on the agenda ...
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Friday, 14 Dec, 2012
Kuwait’s long-running political crisis is entering a period of intensifying volatility as the focal point of opposition activity shifts from the parliamentary chamber into th...
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Parliamentary elections in Kuwait went ahead on Saturday amidst opposition calls to boycott the ballot. The opposition are calling the boycott a success after voters failed to ...
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Tuesday, 27 Nov, 2012
In 2009, Kuwait was the poster boy—or rather, poster girl—for women’s political participation in the Gulf. For the first time in its history, women were elected into the ...
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Friday, 29 Jun, 2012
The new peace initiative from the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, has already run into trouble, receiving criticism from both the Syrian government and the rebel...
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Thursday, 14 Jun, 2012
Referencing a quote from Gorky in his seminal work on the Russian Revolution, Orlando Figes notes that the twentieth century provided no example of a betrayed people. Instead, the ...
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Tuesday, 6 Mar, 2012
The World Tourism Organization recently reported that tourist operations worldwide increased by 4.4 percent in 2011 and forecasts around one billion tourists will be traveling in a...
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Tuesday, 7 Feb, 2012
In the last few months, Kuwait’s political system has been standing on the brink of instability. In uncharacteristic events for the country, a number of anti-government prote...
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Thursday, 17 Nov, 2011
Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, updated the frame of reference for understanding the challenges, opportunities a...
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